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Bruno Mars continues Moonshine Jungle Tour

There's no doubt that Bruno Mars is a talented guy. He can sing, he can dance, he's a dynamic guitarist and a pretty decent drummer. But Mars is also the kind of entertainer who has proved he can use his celebrity for good.

In a story that has made headlines around the world, Mars dedicated a sold-out Cleveland concert on June 28, 2014 to 11-year-old Zumyah Thorpe. The young girl tragically lost her mother and two younger sisters last year in a fatal car accident, and Zumyah had remained in critical condition with a brain injury that doctors weren't sure she would survive.
Miraculously, Zumyah can now sing every word of her favorite Bruno Mars song "Just the Way You Are,' even though she has a waned ability to see and speak. After the concert, Mars gifted her both the fedora he was wearing and the guitar he played during the show.

The highlights have been many for Mars in 2014, as he opened the year by winning Best Pop Vocal Album for "Unorthodox Jukebox" at the 56th Grammy Awards. A week later, he headlined the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show with The Red Hot Chili Peppers. He's also in the midst of a quasi-residency at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas that will reportedly wrap in August.

If you haven't had a chance to be one of the concertgoers for Mars' Moonshine Jungle Tour, North American dates will continue through August 17th in the U.S., then head to Curacao and Mexico in the beginning of September. He'll also play two dates in the United Kingdom on July 5th & 6th.

Bruno Mars has had a pretty jam packed year. Coming off the release of his sophomore album "Unorthodox Jukebox," he watched it ride to number two on the Billboard 200, number one in Switzerland in the UK, and it ultimately became the fastest selling album by a recording artist in 2012.

The lead single, "Locked Out of Heaven," quickly reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked in the Top Ten in several countries worldwide. Meanwhile, the second single, "When I Was Your Man," has reached the same designation in at least 15 countries, including Number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

All this success has led to big things for Mars, who hosted and was the musical guest on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" on October 20, 2012. His performance received rave reviews from fans and critics, and just a few months later he was nominated for Best Rap Song at the 55th Grammy Awards as producer and writer of "Young, Wild & Free" (ultimately losing out to Kanye West and Jay Z's "In Paris.") During the ceremony he was part of a tribute to Bob Marley alongside Sting, Rihanna, Ziggy Marley and Damian Marley.

Mars recently unveiled the next single from "Unorthodox Jukebox" at the MTV Video Music Awards 2013. He is currently in the middle of his Moonshine Jungle Tour with The Hooligans. The tour also features special guest Ellie Goulding, with Fitz and the Tantrums supporting on select dates. It kicked off June 22nd in Washington D.C., and the North American leg wraps Friday, August 30 before heading overseas in October.

Bruno Mars embraces the Unorthodox (Updated January 2, 2013)

Baby-faced Bruno Mars (born Peter Hernandez Jr.) has been a force on the music scene since childhood, when he performed at venues around Honolulu, Hawaii. By the time he graduated high school and moved to Los Angeles to purse a music career, the old-fashioned entertainer wrote and produced songs for other artists before making a name for himself with his own vocal prowess.

From a young age, Mars impersonated and performed songs by artists like Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley. He'd go on to co-pen Flo Rida's "Right Round" and K'naan's "Wavin' Flag," among others. He eventually reached prominence as a solo artist after co-writing and being featured on B.o.B's "Nothin On You." So it wasn't at all surprising when Mars' debut album, "Doo-Wops and Hooligans" quickly climbed to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and several other charts worldwide.

The lead single to Mars' freshman project, "Just the Way You Are," was eclipsed in popularity only by the follow-up, "Grenade." Praised by critics and fans for his 'dance-floor swagger,' Mars opened for Martoon 5 on the fall leg of the Hands All Over Tour, and his arrest for cocaine possession was barely a blip on the radar before he won his very first Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.

Mars' sophomore project, "Unorthodox Jukebox," bowed in December 2012 and projected the singer as unleashing his inner bad boy. Critics questioned his obvious efforts to flip his otherwise austere image, especially with songs about blowing his royalties at a strip club on "Money Make Her Smile." Still, Mars maintains the only thing he wants from his music career is the freedom to walk into a studio and make the music he wants to make. Unorthodox and all.

Bruno Mars Discography

Album name

Release date

Doo-Wops & Hooligans

2011

Young, Wild & Free

2011

It Will Rain

2011

Grenade

2011

The Lazy Song

2011

Earth to Mars

2011

The Lost Planet

2010

Today My Life Begins

2010

Who Is

2010

Move On

2010

Long Distance

2010

It's Better If You Don't Understand

2010

Billionaire

2010

Just the Way You Are

2010

Top 10 Bruno Mars Songs

Rank

Track Name

Play Count

Listener Count

1

Just the Way You Are

461,846

129,136

2

Grenade

443,568

114,528

3

The Lazy Song

398,675

113,314

4

It Will Rain

555,067

95,291

5

Marry You

372,132

93,134

6

Talking to the Moon

200,138

51,597

7

Count on Me

183,075

49,008

8

Runaway Baby

197,250

47,968

9

Our First Time

89,421

29,792

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